Exchange rates, employment and labour market rigidity

In this paper, we study the effect of labour market rigidity on the impact of exchange rate shocks on employment. We use a panel dataset comprising 22 manufacturing sectors across 23 OECD countries. In our econometric model, the impact of exchange rate fluctuations on sectoral employment is mediated...

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Main Author: Alexandre, Fernando (author)
Other Authors: Cerejeira, João (author), Portela, Miguel (author), Bação, Pedro (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/49120
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/49120